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Tricking out classic cabs. Is this a bad idea?

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MYX:

I have a millipede. I have spean a lot of time removing water damage from some previous owner. I have made this thing work again. Throuroughly cleaned the thing. I wanted to replace the fire button because it was cruddy. I have a standard black, but I went and bought a translucent green button to put in it's place. I did it to add a little something and kept it with the original color theme. My next thought was to take line off of the +12 volt feed and light the green button with a 555  or perhaps a 47.

Is decorating and keeping the theme a bad thing, or does this make it perhaps more desireable to a potential buyer as it is unique?

MinerAl:

Something as thoroughly reversable as that should have no net effect on the resale value to a purist collector, and the bling might be the thing that tips the scales in some buyer's mind.

Go for it.

See if you can find a transluscent green track ball for it too :)

ChadTower:


IMO, if you restore it from a trash state, you can do what you want with it.  Most would prefer you make it original but it does belong to you and you did save it in the first place. 

The general consensus among reasonable purists is that if you mod a classic cab in an easily reversible, nonpermanent way, no harm no foul.

RayB:

Just don't drill any new holes through the control panel, etc and all is good.
Keep the old parts in a bag or box and leave it in the cab for the next owner.


ahofle:

Reading the title, I thought you were going to be adding NoS stickers and a Toyota Supra spoiler to your cabinet.  :laugh2:

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